"We want you to be part of our effort", Gillespie said, adding that Virginia can not afford another four years with a Democrat as governor. "I think we have seen a lot of folks moving towards the left", says Fury. A long-time player in state politics, he is backed by the state party's elite, including sitting governor Terry McAuliffe and senator Tim Kaine.

Perriello made a surprise entrance into the race in January and faced an uphill climb from the beginning.

By far, the most closely watched races will be between the five candidates running to be Virginia's next governor.

Southwest Virginia voters appear to have chosen individuals who didn't ultimately win the winning nominations in the gubernatorial primaries.

Trump sons defend his criticism of London mayorNo reason to be alarmed. "It's even more important that we work together with our allies and our friends and our partners". May's government, however, on Tuesday dismissed Khan's call for the visit to be canceled.

Northam essentially had been campaigning for years, making key contacts with influential power brokers like prominent African-American politicians and religious leaders, and building up a large cash advantage that let him outspend Perriello on TV advertising in the closing weeks of the race. Northam was expected to cruise in as the party's only choice, but after Trump's election, Perriello threw his hat into the ring, arguing that bolder leadership was needed to be push back against Trump-style politics.

All across Virginia, voters are heading to the polls for the state's primary election.

The Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are former federal prosecutors Justin E. Fairfax and Gene J. Rossi and political consultants Susan S. Platt, all of Northern Virginia.

And capitalizing on the recent trend where insider status isn't a desirable label in GOP primaries, Stewart has tried to turn Gillespie's stellar resume - former RNC chairman, former adviser to President George W. Bush, near-successful 2014 Senate nominee - against him. That level of enthusiasm bodes well for the Democrats in Virginia to hold on to the governorship.

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Many Labour and Lib Dem voters will be frustrated that they're less socially liberal than the Conservative Party. The misjudgment by the Conservative Party, moreover, is the second one in just two years.

A church bus carrying high school students and adults has crashed in the Atlanta area, leaving several people injured. Reporters on scene said people were loaded onto stretchers and one person was trapped in the bus.

And within months they indicted Carter , saying they had discovered numerous text messages from her urging Roy to kill himself. The prosecution says Ms Carter helped Roy devise the plan to take his own life, encouraged him to hide it from his parents.

Documents and equipment "for carrying out terrorist operations" were also seized, the ministry said in a statement. We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.

Financial stocks soared after the vote, which some say could push Republicans in the Senate to pursue more aggressive reform. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) has previously described rollbacks to the Dodd-Frank Act as "dangerous".

Iran is the only OPEC member with room for growth under a current deal to stem production in an effort to balance the market. The price for Brent crude oil was down 1 percent about 15 minutes before the start of trading in NY to $49.64 per barrel.

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The defense has pointed out that phone records show Constand called Cosby 53 times after she says he assaulted her. In an early morning two-sentence tweet, Trump said he meant to nominate Wray, a high-ranking official in George W.

The sun was still rising Monday when Trump upended best-laid plans with a blitz of provocative statements delivered via Twitter . He also created the @ Stl_Manifest account , which tweeted out the names of Jewish passengers on the MS St.

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